Project 9.3 Coffee shop Table

by 

Allen Sam

19 July 218

Table of Contents

-Design Brief

-Grant Chart

-Partner Introductions

-Activity 9.4 Team Norms

Product Research Information

-Annotated Sketches

-Decision Matrix

-Working Drawings

-PowerPoint Presentation

Design Brief:

Client:                        Mr. Smith’s Coffee Shop

Target Consumer:    University students 17-30 years old

Designer:                   _Allen Sam, Ethan Poon, Cedric Shaw, William Yeh_________________________

Problem Statement: The current lounge chair and living room-style seating areas in Mr. Smith’s Coffee Shop are too large and cannot accommodate the growing number of patrons.

Design Statement:   Design and model a modular table that will allow a greater number of patrons to be serviced at Mr. Smith’s Coffee Shop.

Constraints:

1.                  Minimum of two (2) adults seating per table.

2.                  Modular table design must interlock for stability.

3.                  Maximum material costs are $200 per table.

4.                  Maximum weight limit of 50 lb per table.

5.                  Initial design concept is due in 1 week.

Grant Chart:

Partner Introductions:

Cedric Shaw

Strengths: Good at CAD modeling, easy to work with in the sense that I follow orders, and I don't procrastinate (most of the time)

Weakness: I get lost easily (I require very specific instructions to get work done efficiently), I'm not that great at striking up conversations with people

Allen Sam (Me)

Strengths: Sketching, creativity

Weaknesses: CAD modeling precision

William Yeh

Strengths: Not that good at CAD modeling, easy to work with in the sense that I follow orders, and I  procrastinate not that much (most of the time)

Weakness: I get lost easily (I require very specific instructions to get work done efficiently), I'm not that great at striking up conversations with people

Ethan Poon

Strengths: Sketching
Weaknesses: Modeling and Communicating

Team Norms

1. No disrespectful language
2. Don't be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian
3. We will talk face to face
1. Use email if we have to
4. We will talk every hour to check up on work and assign new work
5. We will have a shared google drive folder with sub folders inside with our work
6. The initial files will have a "V1" attached to the name
1. every subsequent minor change will have a "V1.1" through 10
2. every subsequent major change will have a "V2" through however many we need
7. We will have team meetings to discuss designs and ultimately come to a conclusion that will be acted upon
8. We will have team meetings and come to a consensus

Consequences

1. Verbal warning
2. Verbal warning
3. No consequence
4. Pressure from team members to contribute
1. Verbal warning
5. No consequence
6. Reminder
7. Pressure from team members to contribute
1. Verbal warning
8. Pressure from team members to actively seek for a solution
1. Verbal warning

Product Research

cost of stainless steel: 3 dollars per pound

cost of white oak wood: 7.2 cubic inch per $5.50

ideal size for table: 24 in x 24 in x 36

height for table: 36 inches: around a foot of space around the table for people to sit

thickness of table: 1.5in

total area given: 154 sq ft

cost of magnet strip roll: 15 dollars

table legs: pole is square 1.5*1.5 inches *33 inches

Research of other products with similar design brief:

Product 1

"Interlocking Oak Tables"
Company: the Wooden workshop
https://www.wooden-workshop.co.uk/our-products/garden-furniture/interlocking-oak-tables/

Elements: The designers of the table actually went with a traditional lock like a mason jar has, but it is hidden under the table to give the tables a nicer finish on top of the table.



Product 2

"Interlocking square coffee table"

Company: Michael Arras

https://hometone.com/interlocking-square-coffee-table-can-be-separated-into-two.html

(michael arras website is currently not a thing so this hometone website is the closest thing)

Elements: The designers went with more of a puzzle look more than an interlocking system. The top is made of smaller square pieces to make the resemblance of a puzzle much easier to recognize. 

Product 3

"Sculptural Interlocking Tables"

Company: Peter Hvidt (Designer), France & Daverkosen (Maker)

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables/interlocking-coffee-table-peter-hvidt/id-f_494054/

Elements: This table's design definitely can save space within a setting where many people want to sit down. Because each piece is separable, each piece can be used as an individual table or link multiple to host a larger group of people. The triangle shape is also better for a setting like a coffee shop because groups are not as likely to come in a group of four, so a four-sided table is not required for the coffee shop setting. 

Research for our product's life cycle.

Firstly, trees are harvested by a tree cutting company. The wood is the taken to a sawing company and is cut into boards. The boards have to be seasoned to remove excess water in the wood. After, the wood boards are sent to a lumber company and are cut to certain sizes for consumers to buy. Furniture manufacturers, or the customers of the boards, buy them and create the table. After its initial service, the table can be disassembled to be used as fuel, chipboard, or reused in other furniture.  

For the steel in our coffee table, ore is first mined. Then, it goes into a blast furnace for heating and then converted to steel. Companies take this steel to produce plates, strips, bar sections, rails, pipes, and wire rods. These are use to make other products like bridges, vehicles, and phones. Products that have steel and become unusable are taken to steel recycling companies to extract metal scraps to be reused in steel-making. 

Plastic starts with creation and manufacturing of the plastic material. A company takes it and can mold it into a product. Consumers buy a lot of plastic products like this L bracket on our coffee table. Plastic is then either thrown away when its initial service is done or recycled to make more plastic material.

Annotated Sketches:

Decision Matrix

CAD Model/Working Drawings

PowerPoint Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/165VbJKV8VFZgThrUaJzSpJjYS6tJn4JcGDDs-ExA2NA/edit#slide=id.g3d0931c3c3_0_162